Im Staying with My Boys, Jim Proser
Im Staying with My Boys, Jim Proser
List: $20.49 | Sale: $14.34
Club: $10.24

I'm Staying with My Boys
The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC

Author: Jim Proser, Jerry Cutter

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/06/2017

Synopsis

I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his fifteen-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later he was killed by an enemy artillery round. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart and is arguably the most famous Marine of all time.

I'm Staying with My Boys is the only family-authorized biography of Basilone. Distinctive among military biographies, the story is told in first person, allowing listeners to experience his transformation, forged in the horrors of battle, from aimless youth to war hero known as "Manila John."

About Jim Proser

Award-winning author Jim Proser began his professional writing career at age fifteen as a city reporter for the Lambertville Beacon newspaper and as a regional photojournalist for the Bucks County Courier Times.

He went on as a journalist to write interviews of business leaders for the Investor's Business Daily. He has written screenplays for film and television producers including 20th Century Fox Television, Showtime Networks, and numerous independent producers.

His first novel, I'm Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC, was awarded the United States Marine Corps Commandant's Recommendation in 2011. It was used as source material for the HBO television series, The Pacific, and the subsequent documentary film written and directed by Mr. Proser.

His second novel, Mr. Copacabana, the biography of his father, creator of the iconic Copacabana nightclub, has been optioned for production as a television series in 2016 by eleven-time Emmy nominated producer Bill D'Elia and is in development as a stage musical.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on January 17, 2013

m Staying With My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC by Jim Proser with Jerry Cutter was a letdown. Sgt. Basilone is a great soldier and I learned a lot about him but I hated the book. I picked up this book because it had a high rating and I knew this year, I should pay homage to my gr......more

Goodreads review by Jim on November 05, 2021

As the author, I won't review this book but the comments about it. Overall, as is apparent in the 4.52 star rating, most people are very happy with the book. However, there are those who object, rather strenuously, to my use of the first person in telling the story of a man I didn't know personally......more

Goodreads review by Max Cantor on March 27, 2011

It's so difficult to talk or write or even think about media about war. I can't tolerate most of it; I have long believed that serious subjects are best considered with lightness and humor, but war--specifically, the story of the soldiers--has always felt different to me. Perhaps it is because any d......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on December 28, 2023

This is a very good book. I liked the background provided about Sgt Basilone and his personal, non-war related life. As with war stories, there are some hard parts to read. Quite pleased I read the book and recommend it.......more

Goodreads review by Taylor Burrows on May 20, 2017

So this book is a pretty straightforward account of the Pacific campaign through the one man perspective of John Basilone, a congressional medal of honor recipient. It is written through a first person perspective so I can see where some people take issue with a first person biography that isn't act......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List